Last week’s post on Moon of Alabama:
Middle East:
- January 22 – U.S. Claims No Alternative To Larger Middle East War
- January 23 – To Hope That China Will Help With Yemen Is Delusional Bullshit
- January 25 – After U.S. Again Bombed Yemen, Houthi Attack DoD Transport Ships
Related:
– The end of the Anglosphere age in the Middle East – The Hill
– Intel gap vexes US Navy’s hunt for Houthi missile smuggling – AL Monitor
– US, Iraq begin formal talks on winding down US-led military coalition – Aljazeerah
– “Our goal is to stop the genocide”: The Grayzone interviews Houthi spokesman – Grayzone
– Israel and US Military Operations in the Middle East Going Wobbly Under Multi-Front Pressure – Naked Capitalism
Elections:
- January 24 – Election 2024 – Preliminary Assessment
Related:
– Is the Electoral Fix Already In? – Racket
– 2024: The Year Foreign Policy Delusions Die Hard” – Macgregor / American Conservative
America’s leaders are out to lunch as the nation lurches forward into a more dangerous world.
– 2024: The Year Foreign Policy Delusions Die Hard” – Macgregor / American Conservative
The explosive situation in the Middle East threatens to lay bare our strategic weaknesses.
Boeing:
- January 24 – Boeing Failed To Re-install And Inspect Door Plug On Alaska Airways’ 737
Related:
– Opposition grows to Boeing 737 MAX 7 safety exemption – Seattle Times
– Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile – New York Times
– Culture key to latest Boeing MAX crisis: panelists (includes whistleblower testimony) – Leeham News
Diplomacy:
- January 26 – Biden Admin Perpetrates Small Act Of Diplomacy
Related:
– China containment becomes a lose-lose strategy for everyone – SCMP
– China says Wang, U.S. Sullivan held ‘candid, fruitful’ talks on handling issues – Reuters / MSN
– Great power lite? Why China is reluctant to wade into the Red Sea crisis and join US-led attacks on Houthis – SCMP
ICJ:
- January 26 – International Court Says Israel Has Likely Committed Genocide – Updated
- January 26 – The ICJ Could Not Order A General Ceasefire. It Ordered Israel To Cease Fire.
- January 28 – War On UN – West Retaliates Against ICJ Order By Defunding Humanitarian Mission For Palestine
Related:
– Israel’s Day of Reckoning – John Mearsheimer
– Dockers stop ZIM boxship from berthing in Melbourne – Container News
– Has International Law Survived, or Has the Western Political Class Killed It? – Craig Murray
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Other issues:
Ukraine:
- War on the Rocks Has Rocks on the Brain – Sonar21
- Volodymyr Zelensky’s theatre of nightmares – New Statesman
- Exhausted by War, Ukraine’s Frontline Troops Seek ‘Bit of Rest’ – Kyiv Post
- U.S. war plans for Ukraine don’t foresee retaking lost territory – Washington Post
- Amid War With Russia, Ukraine Uncovers $40 Million Fraud In Weapons Procurement – NDTV
- ‘The enemy is amassing’: Ukrainian army officials give unvarnished account of the battlefield – CNN
- Caught between the Ukrainian People and the War for NATO Expansion: Kiev’s Mobilization Crisis – Gordon Hahn
Russia:
- Russia, the West and the ‘World Majority’ – Russia Matters
- Russia has long sold arms to Iran. Now Iran is returning the favor. – CSM
- The Myths That Warp How America Sees Russia—and Vice Versa – Foreign Affairs
- Russia And Iran Finalize 20-Year Deal That Will Change The Middle East Forever – Oil Price
Europe:
Use as open (not related to Ukraine or Palestine) thread …